[sidkhanooja]

Most ads on Spotify are not even intrusive - they are (in)famously bad for advertising Spotify's own premium service (try premium for free!).

This is just ridiculous. If you're annoyed by the ads, get a subscription then.

[megla_]

Haven't used Spotify in years, but back then the ads were much louder than music. I'm not sure if that's still correct, but I've read about this issue multiple times.

You could argue that you should just get a subscription, but intrusive ads defeat the whole idea of a free version. Might as well remove it, if you're going to make it tedious to use.